E3 2008: Nintendo Official Thread

[Roto13]

OK FIEN!

Good stuffs go here. STaye tuned for an update. I gotta find a live stream....

Maybe here?

NINTENDO E3 2008 Press Conference | G4TV.com (http://e3.g4tv.com/e32008/press_conf_detail.aspx?pressconference_key=3)


Reference
Kotaku's live blog feed from the conference (http://www2.kotaku.com/5025295/nintendo-e3-08-press-conference-liveblog)
E3 2008 Live Stream: Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony Press Conferences (http://livewire.ign.com/2008/e3/index.html)
E3 2008: Nintendo Press Conference Live Video Stream (http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3168727)
E3 Live Video - Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony Press Conferences - GameSpot (http://e3.gamespot.com/live.html)


Live streams never work for me. xP Someone tell me if that one is ok/link to a better one.

The Big Stuff
-- Animal Crossing Wii
-- Microphone peripheral for Wii
-- Wii MotionPlus extension for added accuracy
-- Animal Crossing Wii
-- Spore DS
-- Grand Theft Auto DS
-- New Guitar Hero DS game
-- Wii Sports Resort, packaged with Wii MotionPlus, includes 1:1 sword fighting
-- Call of Duty Wii
-- Star Wars: Clone Wars Wii
-- New Raving Rabbids that uses the Balance Board
-- Wii Music looks like fun :P

[JKTrix]

Show's late, but should be starting soon. I'm using:

E3 2008 Live Stream: Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony Press Conferences (http://livewire.ign.com/2008/e3/index.html)
E308: Nintendo E3 08 Press Conference Liveblog (http://www2.kotaku.com/5025295/nintendo-e3-08-press-conference-liveblog)

for my info.

come on MSN :P

[XxSephirothxX]

IGN's Livewire stream (http://livewire.ign.com/2008/e3/index.html#) is pretty good. You just have to install a little plugin.

[Rase]

Bah, just about to click "Post" and make one of these. Good thing I checked to make sure someone hadn't beaten me to the punch. Anyway, G4 is apparently doing the live streaming thing also. (http://e3.g4tv.com/e32008/press_conf_detail.aspx?pressconference_key=3)

All I'm hoping for is a new Star Fox game along the lives of the original or 64 in terms of gameplay and a new Pikmin game.

[Dreddz]

Gamespots is working.

[TyphoonThaReapa]

Lol, Nintendo's gonna bring it!

[Dreddz]

Yeah, they really brought it with Shaun Whites Snowboarding :p

[Roto13]

G4's seems to be working fine for me if I move closer to my router. xP

[TyphoonThaReapa]

Weak! Looks like we're having signal problems...:rolleyes2

[Dreddz]

I guess Animal Crossing for the Wii has been announced now. Eh....

They need to cut the crap already and bring out the Regginator.

[Roto13]

New Animal Crossing. :P

[TyphoonThaReapa]

Wii speak! Nice!

[JKTrix]

With new accessory, 'WiiSpeak'. Microphone that attaches to the sensor bar.

[Roto13]

Voice chat in Wii games. 4 rls.

[Roto13]

Call of Duty, Star Wars, and Rayman (with the balance board)

[Roto13]

DS Spore and a new DS Guitar Hero already. xP

[JKTrix]

We were lookin' for the 'WiiMotionPlus' in the Star Wars video, but couldn't tell if it was on or not. I guess it wouldn't be, since it's a 3rd party game.

Pokemon Ranger 2 and... Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars

[TyphoonThaReapa]

Whoa!!! GTA?!

[Roto13]

Grand Theft Auto DS xD!

[Dreddz]

Oh my god did she say free-range gaming :eep:

[TyphoonThaReapa]

DS is going free ranged lol!:rolleyes2

[JKTrix]

Cooking Navi! Seriously excited about that one.

[Roto13]

New Wii Sports with the Wii Motion Plus. :P

[TyphoonThaReapa]

It's sooo cute!:rolleyes2

[TyphoonThaReapa]

Hey, that WiiSportsResort sword dueling looks fun!:cool:

[JKTrix]

motionplus will be coming with Wii Sports Resort. They showed off dog disc throwing (looked exactly the same as the NIntendogs game), Jet Skiing, and Sword Dueling.

Sword Dueling.

Reggie said, after defeating his opponent, 'That's why they call me the Regginator'.

[Rase]

I think that guy playing the drum thing was having a seizure.

[JKTrix]

WII MUSIC

[TyphoonThaReapa]

Lol, that doesn't look too bad...:rolleyes2

[Vyk]

WiiSpeak? Hope its not a gimmick like that one Dreamcast fish game xD

[Dreddz]

I think all Nintendo are trying to do this generation is find new ways to make you look like a fool.

[TyphoonThaReapa]

I think all Nintendo are trying to do this generation is find new ways to make you look like a fool.

Lol, it will work though...:rolleyes2

[Roto13]

Wii Music looks fun.

[Old Manus]

GRAND THEFT AUTO?

[TyphoonThaReapa]

Yep GTA on DS...:rolleyes2

[JKTrix]

And it's done.

[Dreddz]

That was a terrible conference even for Nintendo standards. Absolutely nothing interested me.

[TyphoonThaReapa]

Well, with all that being said, Wii is ruling so part of the industry. Not to mention getting all kind of audiences engaged. Their bring it son no matter how stupid it really looks...:cool:

[XxSephirothxX]

Weak.

[Old Manus]

The swordfighting looked pretty cool, but a lot of the stuff was meh. I burst out laughing during the murder of the Mario theme on Wii Music though

[TyphoonThaReapa]

GTA Chinatown Wars. Your thoughts guys?:rolleyes2

[JKTrix]

They talked about 'core games', but didn't really show any from themselves. I don't think Animal Crossing counts as a 'core game'.

[Raebus]

GTA Chinatown Wars. Your thoughts guys?:rolleyes2

It could be a fun game? Put your rolling eye smilie away for now.

[XxSephirothxX]

They were like "the teams that made Mario and Zelda are working on new projects." And that was fucking it. They could've at least thrown us a couple teaser trailers.

[Roto13]

Put it away forever. It's annoying as hell.

[TyphoonThaReapa]

GTA Chinatown Wars. Your thoughts guys?:rolleyes2

It could be a fun game? Put your rolling eye smilie away for now.

I understand could be fun, but a GTA game on Nintendo's DS? It could be a bust man...:rolleyes2

[Dreddz]

At this point Nintendo only know how to appeal to the casual crowd. They may as well have announced a new entry in one of their key franchises because having Star Wars and a Rayman game as your big games for this holiday is a joke. The DS does have Spore I suppose.

They should have showed Madworld, which is still the only worthwhile Wii title at the moment. If Nintendo continue to shaft games like Madworld it'll suffer the same fate as No More Heroes as a great game for the hardcore crowd that nobody buys.

As for the GTA game, will be it be 3D or 2D? Just wondering....

[Raebus]

"COULD" being the main word, lets wait till we hear more about it before judging it.

[TyphoonThaReapa]

"COULD" being the main word, lets wait till we hear more about it before judging it.

Exactly...:cool:

[Old Manus]

Stepping into /v/, it's currently nothing but facepalm threads about Nintendo's performance. Delicious tears.

[XxSephirothxX]

They can still make great games that appeal to the core crowd. Mario Galaxy, Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime 3, and SSBB all prove that. The problem is that they can make so much goddamn money on stuff like WiiFit and WiiMusic it's obviously become their focus. And that blows.

[JKTrix]

G4 is interviewing Reggie. They asked him about 'where are the hardcore games' and he basically came back with 'the Animal crossing that everybody wanted'.

[Dreddz]

Animal Crossing is as casual as casual games can get.

[JKTrix]

They can still make great games that appeal to the core crowd. Mario Galaxy, Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime 3, and SSBB all prove that. The problem is that they can make so much goddamn money on stuff like WiiFit and WiiMusic it's obviously become their focus. And that blows.

It's probably a lot faster/easier for them to make those kinds of games than it is to make a 'new' game that us core gamers want. I doubt they're pulling important people off their mario/zelda etc games to work on Wii Music. I guess it takes time. I do agree that they could have shown *something*.

They also didn't show any Japanese 3rd party games, like MadWorld, instead focusing on the american developers. It is an american show after all.

[Shoeberto]

Voice chat features make me excited for the potential of non-http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gifhttp://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gifhttp://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gifhttp://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gifty online play. Mayhap with the new games coming out they'll decide to get their http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gifhttp://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gifhttp://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gifhttp://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif together and make it worthwhile... seriously, no more friend codes. Please.

Very disappointing on the whole. Wii Sports Resort seems like fun, and the microphone is interesting (though I don't know why they don't just allow for bluetooth headsets, since the remotes already use it). But seriously, Nintendo, game up.

[Roto13]

Animal Crossing is as casual as casual games can get.

You can't play it for a few minutes a day and expect to get anywhere with it, so it's not a casual game. Just because it appeals to a casual crowd too, that doesn't make it a casual game.

[TyphoonThaReapa]

Voice chat features make me excited for the potential of non-:skull::skull::skull::skull:ty online play. Mayhap with the new games coming out they'll decide to get their :skull::skull::skull::skull: together and make it worthwhile... seriously, no more friend codes. Please.

Very disappointing on the whole. Wii Sports Resort seems like fun, and the microphone is interesting (though I don't know why they don't just allow for bluetooth headsets, since the remotes already use it). But seriously, Nintendo, game up.


Well, that about sums this conference up...:rolleyes2

[Vyk]

They probably just didn't want people crying and passing out in the crowd like they did for the unveiling of Twilight Princess ;P kidding

[Dreddz]

You can't play it for a few minutes a day and expect to get anywhere with it, so it's not a casual game. Just because it appeals to a casual crowd too, that doesn't make it a casual game.
Well Ive only dabbled in the DS version for a little bit and cant say much but Animal Crossing just seems like a social playground where you fish and talk. Never saw what appealed to the core gamers.

Anyway I'm done with Nintendo, they just seem to be promoting 3rd party shovelware that people actually wanted rid of, not more of. I hope Sony can deliver.

[Roto13]

You've been "done" with Nintendo for years.

[JKTrix]

Yoichi Wada should have interrupted Reggie at the end. That would have been hilarious.

[TyphoonThaReapa]

Yoichi Wada should have interrupted Reggie at the end. That would have been hilarious.

Yes it would have...:p

[Vyk]

Haha. Es'cuse me. We have present for you, too. Welcome to club

[KentaRawr!]

I'm definitely liking the WiiMotion+, and will probably buy WiiSports Resort just to try it out. I'll probably buy Animal Crossing, as well.

Hopefully, there will be more as E3 goes on, but I at least like some of what I saw today. There was more Wii stuff in other developer conferences as well, and The Conduit has been confirmed to at least be present at E3 this year with a playable demo. I hope someone finds it. >_>

Edit: Also, keep in mind that one of the bigger Nintendo titles, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, was not announced on the first day. It was announced on the second day. So maybe we'll see some big titles in the E3 days to come.

[Shoeberto]

Edit: Also, keep in mind that one of the bigger Nintendo titles, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, was not announced on the first day. It was announced on the second day. So maybe we'll see some big titles in the E3 days to come.
True, it is still a little early...

I'm kind of hoping there's backlash across the board, though; enough to make Nintendo wake up and realize what their core audience really wants. Something on the scale of Sony's '06 presentation. Too bad nothing meme-worthy has come out of it :(

I just wish they'd come out and say, hey, we're allowing for expandable storage through the USB ports using any hard drive you want (a la PS3)! And new channels for some of our games to make online better (SSBB plz)! And open support for bluetooth headsets! Centralized friends lists not based around FCs where you can actually add whatever random person you're playing with!

Any one of those would've been great, but instead it's just... hey Shaun White Snowboarding, awesome, just what everyone was waiting for.

[KentaRawr!]

Their first day was pretty lackluster. The biggest announcements, to me, were the peripherals, even though I will buy the games along with them, naturally. The WiiSpeak and the Motion+ are both things that I think are good choices for Nintendo.

I hope that Reggie was just joking with the hard-core comment with Animal Crossing. Me wants Zelda! D:<

[Yar]

What!? No exciting Final Fantasy XIII on Wii news?

Nintendo seems stale to me anymore, their consoles at least. I love my DS. Animal Crossing is nice to look forward to, it is like the only game Nintendo makes anymore that I like.

I've been pretty much done with Zelda since that whole Wind Waker clustersmurf. Twilight Princess was the nail in the coffin for my interest in new entries to the Zelda series.

[Jessweeee♪]

As far as Nintendo stuff goes, I just really wanna see more DS visual novel types.

[Rase]

And...... disappointed.

[Northcrest]

Nintendo announced before that their suppose to be some special awesome game coming out. Anyway I'am so far dissapointed of what Nintendo is currently giving out. Though there is still a few days left of E3 hopefully by then we can get some juicy stuff. I've been playing Nintendo since I was 4 hopefully their is something going to come up.

[KentaRawr!]

The Conduit was SOMEWHERE in there, apparently, and it looks pretty nice.

Gametrailers.com - The Conduit - E3 2008: Developer Cam Walkthrough (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36424.html)

[Roto13]

Nintendo announced before that their suppose to be some special awesome game coming out.

You mean the game that was supposed to appeal to both hardcore and casual gamers? That's Animal Crossing.

[Old Manus]

http://i38.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/15owfp2.jpg

[Yar]

Am I the only person whom the Wiimote really pisses off? I find it irritating and awkward. And now they make it "better" with an add-on?

Yay standard controllers.

[JKTrix]

HELL YEAH RHYTHM HEAVEN
Hands-On: Rhythm Heaven Coming to America, Awesome | Game | Life from Wired.com (http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/07/hands-on-rhythm.html)
Nintendo :: E3 2008 :: Rhythm Heaven (http://e3.nintendo.com/ds/rythmheaven/index.html)

I'm already buying the Japanese version that comes out at the end of the month, but I will absolutely get this when it comes in English.

[Levian]

So is Nintendo having another conference during the E3 or what?

[JKTrix]

Doesn't look like it.

Other games they didn't mention during their conference:
Nintendo :: E3 2008 :: Kirby Super Star Ultra (http://e3.nintendo.com/ds/kirby/index.html)
Nintendo :: E3 2008 :: Wario Land Shake It (http://e3.nintendo.com/wii/warioshake/index.html)

Though they were pre-announced recently.

[Vyk]

I would think companies would milk their pre-announced games anyway. Takes the burden off of having to announce a ton of new crap during a presentation

Oh wait. Most of the conferences didn't announce much anyway

[JKTrix]

Capcom (via Famitsu) says Dead Rising is coming to the Wii. A port of the 360 game.

[wildthing2022000]

GoNintendo » Blog Archive » E3 Wednesday Begins- What are you waiting for? (http://gonintendo.com/?p=49583#comments)

5:30 p.m check-in 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Nintendo key developers

Closest thing to something Nintendo related today

[Roto13]

HELL YEAH RHYTHM HEAVEN
Hands-On: Rhythm Heaven Coming to America, Awesome | Game | Life from Wired.com (http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/07/hands-on-rhythm.html)
Nintendo :: E3 2008 :: Rhythm Heaven (http://e3.nintendo.com/ds/rythmheaven/index.html)

I'm already buying the Japanese version that comes out at the end of the month, but I will absolutely get this when it comes in English.

*screams with delight*

I love the first Rhythm Heaven and I never thought for a second the DS version would come out in English!

[Shoeberto]

Capcom (via Famitsu) says Dead Rising is coming to the Wii. A port of the 360 game.
Oh man. They better make it good. I would be so happy.

Oh maaaan. Just imaging swinging the remote and having it correspond to pickaxing a zombie in the head. I hope they don't fuck this up.

[KentaRawr!]

If it uses the Motion+, it will be pretty satisfying. >_>

[Madame Adequate]

Pretty epically fail on Nintendo's part, tbh. And I say that as someone who really does want a reason to get a Wii.

[KentaRawr!]

Hopefully their Private Conference may hold a bit more, but the main Press Conference normally has the tickets to the hype train. I'm not getting my hopes up for the rest of E3. >_>

[Shoeberto]

IGN: E3 2008: Miyamoto on Wii's Lacking Storage Space (http://wii.ign.com/articles/890/890143p1.html)
C'mon, tell us it's open for any USB drives... c'mon Nintendo...

Ugh, I'm just worried it's going to be something like "Introducing... the WiiCart+" and it'll be like an N64 cartridge with USB, completely incompatible with anything reasonable on the market.

Still, saying that they're working on both voice chat and storage makes me a bit more hopeful that they don't want to be retarded about their online system anymore.

[Rase]

Take-Two announces Dora Saves the Snow Princess for Wii and DS. (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/16/joystiq-live-at-e3-2008-take-two-press-conference/)

Ah, the hardcore game is found.

[KentaRawr!]

Take-Two announces Dora Saves the Snow Princess for Wii and DS. (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/16/joystiq-live-at-e3-2008-take-two-press-conference/)

Ah, the hardcore game is found.

Oh my god, yes.

[Wolf Kanno]

I'll agree it was pretty lackluster. I can't believe Nintendo has made a system that changes the way you play games and so far, Zelda and Mario Galaxy are the only games that show off what it can do. Course I've never had much faith in Nintendo's first party developers but I was kinda hoping their would be more good third party support... This system is grossly underdeveloped. :mad:

[Shoeberto]

Mad World E3 trailer looks sick:
GameVideos.com - Mad World &#039;E3 2008&#039; trailer Video (http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/20100)
(in the slang "this is awesome" way)

[Rase]

I think both usages of sick apply to that trailer.

[Roto13]

I'm even more excited for that game now. <3 That was awesome.

[Shoeberto]

I'm even more excited for that game now. <3 That was awesome.
The best part, imo, was the announcer. I really hope that's in the game in some form.

[Roto13]

I like the comic book sound effects. :P I hope they're in there.

[JKTrix]

Would be awesome if they had that commentary in-game :P

Nintendo lists some of the 3rd party games @E3.
http://i38.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/n1djpc.jpg

[KentaRawr!]

Lol, touch darts.

Edit: That kinda makes me want some 1st Party Titles. o_o

[Raebus]

Goosebumps?

Yes please!
I use to love that show.

[Wolf Kanno]

Wait a minute... Did I just see that NIS is porting Rhapsody?!? *happy dance* :eek: :eek: :eek:

[Jessweeee♪]

Whaaaaat, no Ace Attorney news ;_;

[KentaRawr!]

Hey, The Conduit has voice chat.

News: E3 2008: The Conduit to Support 16-Player Online Multiplayer; Using WiiSpeak (http://wii.kombo.com/article.php?artid=12329)

Edit: Here are some liveblogs of the Private Roundtable thing.

Kombo Liveblog (http://wii.kombo.com/article.php?artid=12327&pg=&comments=)

1-Up Liveblog (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/16/liveblog-from-nintendos-2008-e3-developer-roundtable/)

Edit 2: According to the live blogs, the team that made WaveRace 64 is making the new Water Skiing game on Wii Sports Resort.

Edit 3: They're making Pikmin.

[Shoeberto]

Yeah... the best thing out of that was his slight "oh btw we're making a new Pikmin." Everything else was pretty much fluff. But... I guess at least we know that seasons are still inverted for people in the southern hemisphere in AC. That's always really important to know.

[ljkkjlcm9]

it's not like I needed anything. Tales of Symphonia 2 is all I'm looking forward to on my Wii, and that's all I need for now... I have so many other games to play until then.

THE JACKEL

[Rase]

Pikmin news makes me a less unhappy camper, to be sure.

[KentaRawr!]

Huh. Look at what Miyamoto says about E3:

Rawr! (http://techspyblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/miyamoto-e3-no-longer-our-primary.html)

[Roto13]

Well that explains that, then. :P

[Shoeberto]

I blame the ESA for restructuring E3 and making it totally lame.

[KentaRawr!]

It's a good thing Shiggy didn't try to paint the E3 presentation a color that it's not, but I think people judge Nintendo's E3 too harshly. I look forward to what they announced for the Wii, though I am skeptical of Wii Music, and Shawn White's Snowboarding doesn't interest me. When it comes to a Snowboarding Game, I think SSX Blur may be a better choice. It might not try to emulate the slope, but it does use the controller in a unique, and effective, style. I think that in the future, other game companies should think about that. When one does a motion, does it really have to look how it is on-screen? Does it have to emulate something else? I think not! Improving the current control scheme is better than making a simplistic emulation of what that game is based off of.

...

I kinda went off-topic, there.